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. >>> plus, how >>> new this midday, rupert murdoch's news corp says it has given up its offer to buy british sky broadcasting. it is the latest fallout from the phone hacking scandal involving his papers in britain. murdoch also denies his company's "sun" newspaper illegally obtained former prime minister gordon brown's son's health records. scotland yard investigators say there may be as many as 4,000 victims in the hacking scandals done by murdoch's papers. >> i think it's something like 3,778 names, first and second names in the database. >> we were unable to spread the inquiry further with news international because of their refusal to cooperate more broadly. >> actor hugh grant was one of the targets in the phone hacking scandal. he talked about the latest backlash toward murdoch this morning on the "today" show. >> he had the power through his papers to get them elected and his paper knew, you know, dirty details about details about individual mps, so they were unwilling to take him on. up until three weeks ago, all politicians in our country were sucking up to rupert murdoch a
. >>> plus, how >>> new this midday, rupert murdoch's news corp says it has given up its offer to buy british sky broadcasting. it is the latest fallout from the phone hacking scandal involving his papers in britain. murdoch also denies his company's "sun" newspaper illegally obtained former prime minister gordon brown's son's health records. scotland yard investigators say there may be as many as 4,000 victims in the hacking scandals done by murdoch's papers....
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murdoch, have you considered resigning? >> no. >> why not? >> because i feel that people i trusted have let me down. i am the best person to clean this up. >> that was stephanie gosk reporting. murdoch says he has not seen any evidence journalists at "news of the world" hacked into the phones of 9/11 victims. >>> lawmakers are back at the bargaining table this morning, and now have a new proposal to help them avoid a debt default. the gang of six, a group of three democratic and three republican senators, including virginia's mark warner, introduced a new plan yesterday. it would reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade and add $1 trillion in tax revenue. it is likely too complicated to be approved before the august 2nd deadline, but it could provide a framework to get a deal done. the president says, however, for the first time, he's seeing signs of compromise. >> i think we now are seeing the potential for a bipartisan consensus. >> we're here because the american people told us, overwhelmingly, cut the spending, cut the debt.
murdoch, have you considered resigning? >> no. >> why not? >> because i feel that people i trusted have let me down. i am the best person to clean this up. >> that was stephanie gosk reporting. murdoch says he has not seen any evidence journalists at "news of the world" hacked into the phones of 9/11 victims. >>> lawmakers are back at the bargaining table this morning, and now have a new proposal to help them avoid a debt default. the gang of six, a...
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rupert murdoch called today the most humble day of my life. the very latest in the phone hacking scandal. also coming up at 4:00, the dog with the bark that scared away robbers. and help for headache sufferers. this time of year can be a real pain, but there's three things you can do to get relief. that's tonight on news 4 at 5:00. 90 degrees already! it's only noon and -- >> i know. >> that's just the temperature. >> because i'm looking at the heat index, and that's another 8 degrees added on top. so you get up to 95. add another 8 to that. that's what it's going to feel like later today. so your hot yoga class, that's outside today, okay? >> i'll still go. sweating anyway. >> oppressive heat and even the risk for thunderstorms today. but with this high humidity, folks, just standing still will have you sweating. 95 degrees to 96. it will feel like we're up around 106 to 108 degrees later this afternoon. you're good night/wake-up forecast into the 80s, but probably feeling like we're even around 87 to 88 degrees at 9:00. chance for an some is
rupert murdoch called today the most humble day of my life. the very latest in the phone hacking scandal. also coming up at 4:00, the dog with the bark that scared away robbers. and help for headache sufferers. this time of year can be a real pain, but there's three things you can do to get relief. that's tonight on news 4 at 5:00. 90 degrees already! it's only noon and -- >> i know. >> that's just the temperature. >> because i'm looking at the heat index, and that's another 8...
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that doesn't mean rupert murdoch himself is vulnerable. >> reporter: on tuesday, rupeert and james murdoch were publicly answer questions from members of parliament. the deputy prime minister told the bbc what the government wants to hear from the head of news corp. >> he needs to come absolutely clean about what he knew about what his senior executives knew. >> reporter: they published full pa page, we are sorry and what they will do to mauck it wrong and admission. apologizing for our mistakes and fixing them are only first steps, the statement reads. it may take some time for us to rebuild trust. >> that was stephanie gosk reporting. the spokesman for rebecca brooks says her arrest was a complete surprise and she has been cooperating with the police. >>> 11:16 now. meteorologist veronica johnson joins with us the bad news. it is not only hot but dangerously so. >> in so much of the country now and especially here on toward the end of the workweek. this is the kind of week when you have to be heat smart around the area. that means those things that you have done this summer going out for
that doesn't mean rupert murdoch himself is vulnerable. >> reporter: on tuesday, rupeert and james murdoch were publicly answer questions from members of parliament. the deputy prime minister told the bbc what the government wants to hear from the head of news corp. >> he needs to come absolutely clean about what he knew about what his senior executives knew. >> reporter: they published full pa page, we are sorry and what they will do to mauck it wrong and admission....
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law is also suing another murdoch paper, "the sun," saying the tabloid hacked into his phone again in 2005 and in 2006. >>> lindsay lohan is in more hot water. the troubled actress appeared before a judge for the sixth time this year yesterday. nbc's aditi roy reports this time that lohan claims she's having financial problems. >> reporter: a familiar sight. lindsay lohan back in court on thursday. this time for a progress report in front of judge stephanie statner, who was less than satisfied with lohan's efforts to meet her probation requirements. >> i will not take into consideration "sorry, couldn't do it, i was on the set." >> reporter: at issue, community service. since april, lohan has served just four out of 60 court-mandated days at a woman's shelter and morgue, a commitment she must meet within a year. >> trust me, she will be held to that deadline. >> reporter: another requirement, psychiatric help. lohan's attorney, shawn chapman holly, says her client couldn't afford it. >> she was working with a psychiatrist at ucla, and the reasons that that treatment ended was for fina
law is also suing another murdoch paper, "the sun," saying the tabloid hacked into his phone again in 2005 and in 2006. >>> lindsay lohan is in more hot water. the troubled actress appeared before a judge for the sixth time this year yesterday. nbc's aditi roy reports this time that lohan claims she's having financial problems. >> reporter: a familiar sight. lindsay lohan back in court on thursday. this time for a progress report in front of judge stephanie statner, who...